Electoral results for the district of Bathurst

This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Bathurst in New South Wales state elections.

Members for Bathurst

(1859–1920, 1 member)
Member		Party	Term
	John Clements	None	1859–1860
	James Hart	None	1860–1864
	James Kemp	None	1864–1866
	William Suttor, Sr.	None	1866–1872
	Edward Combes	None	1872–1874
	Francis Bathurst Suttor	None	1875–1887
	William Cortis	Free Trade	1887–1889
	William Paul	Free Trade	1889–1891
	Francis Bathurst Suttor	Protectionist	1891–1894
	Sydney Smith	Free Trade	1894–1898
	Francis Bathurst Suttor	Protectionist	1898–1900
	William Young	Protectionist	1900–1901
		Progressive	1901–1907
		Independent	1907–1907
	John Miller	Liberal and Reform	1907–1913
	Ernest Durack	Labor	1913–1917
	Valentine Johnston	Labor	1917–1920

(1920–1927, 3 members)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	James Dooley	Labor	1920–1927		Valentine Johnston	Labor	1920–1922		John Fitzpatrick	Nationalist	1920–1927
				Charles Rosenthal	Nationalist	1922–1925
				Gus Kelly	Labor	1925–1927

(1927–present, 1 member)
Member		Party	Term
	Gus Kelly	Labor	1927–1932
	Gordon Wilkins	Country	1932–1935
	Gus Kelly	Labor	1935–1967
	Clive Osborne	Country	1967–1981
	Mick Clough	Labor	1981–1988
	David Berry	Liberal	1988–1991
	Mick Clough	Labor	1991–1999
	Gerard Martin	Labor	1999–2011
	Paul Toole	National	2011–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

New South Wales state election, 2015: Bathurst^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National	Paul Toole	29,135	59.9	−7.4
	Labor	Cass Coleman	13,314	27.4	+6.5
	Greens	Tracey Carpenter	4,436	9.1	+2.9
	Christian Democrats	Narelle Rigby	1,010	2.1	+2.1
	No Land Tax	Tom Cripps	750	1.5	+1.5
Total formal votes			48,645	97.4	+0.0
Informal votes			1,314	2.6	−0.0
Turnout			49,959	92.3	+0.8
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Paul Toole	30,241	65.8	−7.9
	Labor	Cass Coleman	15,704	34.2	+7.9
	National hold		Swing	−7.9

New South Wales state election, 2011: Bathurst^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National	Paul Toole	30,777	67.2	+36.4
	Labor	Dale Turner	9,607	21.0	-32.5
	Greens	Diane Westerhuis	2,843	6.2	+1.4
	Independent	Richard Trounson	2,596	5.7	+5.7
Total formal votes			45,823	97.9	-0.2
Informal votes			983	2.1	+0.2
Turnout			46,806	94.7	+0.8
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Paul Toole	31,940	73.7	+36.7
	Labor	Dale Turner	11,426	26.3	-36.7
	National gain from Labor		Swing	+36.7

Elections in the 2000s

New South Wales state election, 2007: Bathurst
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Gerard Martin	23,443	53.4	-0.8
	National	Susan Williams	13,496	30.8	-0.6
	Independent	Ray Thompson	4,816	11.0	+11.0
	Greens	Sebria Lawrence	2,124	4.8	-1.4
Total formal votes			43,879	98.1	0.0
Informal votes			872	1.9	0.0
Turnout			44,751	93.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Gerard Martin	25,195	63.0	-0.2
	National	Susan Williams	14,781	37.0	+0.2
	Labor hold		Swing	-0.2

New South Wales state election, 2003: Bathurst
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Gerard Martin	22,633	55.3	+4.3
	National	Ann Thompson	12,822	31.3	+16.2
	Greens	Brian Shoebridge	2,523	6.2	+4.1
	Independent	David Simpson	1,059	2.6	+2.6
	AAFI	John Wilkie	983	2.4	+1.9
	Independent	Warren Rowe	894	2.2	+2.2
Total formal votes			40,914	98.0	-0.1
Informal votes			845	2.0	+0.1
Turnout			41,759	94.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Gerard Martin	24,285	64.1	-3.8
	National	Ann Thompson	13,602	35.9	+3.8
	Labor hold		Swing	-3.8

Elections in the 1990s

New South Wales state election, 1999: Bathurst
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Gerard Martin	20,375	51.0	+5.7
	National	Stan Wilson	6,018	15.1	-30.9
	Liberal	David Berry	5,394	13.5	+13.5
	One Nation	Warren Rowe	3,020	7.6	+7.6
	Independent	Joe McGinnes	2,348	5.9	+5.9
	Greens	Leonie Williams	847	2.1	-3.6
	Democrats	Cecil Grivas	660	1.7	+1.7
	Outdoor Recreation	Rod Gurney	493	1.2	+1.2
	Independent	Michael Bray	348	0.9	+0.9
	AAFI	Millman Ashton	191	0.5	-2.5
	CEC	David Simpson	149	0.4	+0.4
	Non-Custodial Parents	Robert Thompson	100	0.3	+0.3
Total formal votes			39,943	98.0	+1.6
Informal votes			799	2.0	-1.6
Turnout			40,742	95.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Gerard Martin	22,433	67.8	+17.2
	National	Stan Wilson	10,630	32.2	-17.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+17.2

New South Wales state election, 1995: Bathurst
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National	Trevor Toole	16,190	45.4	+45.4
	Labor	Mick Clough	16,182	45.4	-2.8
	Greens	Sharon Mullin	2,151	6.0	+6.0
	AAFI	Carolyn O'Callaghan	1,134	3.2	+3.2
Total formal votes			35,657	96.7	+2.7
Informal votes			1,220	3.3	-2.7
Turnout			36,877	95.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Mick Clough	17,825	51.0	-4.1
	National	Trevor Toole	17,136	49.0	+49.0
	Labor hold		Swing	-4.1

New South Wales state election, 1991: Bathurst
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Mick Clough	15,958	48.2	+8.6
	Liberal	David Berry	12,822	38.7	+14.2
	Country Residents	Mal Rich	2,211	6.7	+6.7
	Democrats	John Merkel	2,143	6.5	+0.8
Total formal votes			33,134	94.0	-4.1
Informal votes			2,111	6.0	+4.1
Turnout			35,245	95.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Mick Clough	17,486	55.1	+10.3
	Liberal	David Berry	14,239	44.9	-10.3
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+10.3

Elections in the 1980s

New South Wales state election, 1988: Bathurst
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Mick Clough	12,876	41.5	-13.6
	Liberal	David Berry	9,021	29.1	+29.1
	National	Claud Wilson	7,060	22.8	-19.5
	Democrats	Irene Langdon	2,075	6.7	+4.0
Total formal votes			31,032	98.2	-0.6
Informal votes			584	1.8	+0.6
Turnout			31,616	95.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	David Berry	15,489	52.2	+52.2
	Labor	Mick Clough	14,190	47.8	-9.8
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+9.8

New South Wales state election, 1984: Bathurst
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Mick Clough	17,400	52.9	+2.8
	National	Clive Osborne	10,364	31.5	-18.4
	National	Trevor Toole	4,298	13.1	+13.1
	Democrats	Louis Winters	848	2.6	+2.6
Total formal votes			32,910	98.8	+0.8
Informal votes			392	1.2	-0.8
Turnout			33,302	94.6	+0.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Mick Clough		55.3	+5.2
	National	Clive Osborne		44.7	-5.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.2

New South Wales state election, 1981: Bathurst
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Mick Clough	15,865	50.1	-7.6
	National Country	Clive Osborne	15,834	49.9	+7.6
Total formal votes			31,699	98.0
Informal votes			630	2.0
Turnout			32,329	93.7
	Labor gain from National Country		Swing	-7.6

Elections in the 1970s

New South Wales state election, 1978: Bathurst
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Clive Osborne	12,261	52.7	+2.2
	Labor	Mark Worthington	11,001	47.3	+3.2
Total formal votes			23,262	98.9	-0.2
Informal votes			254	1.1	+0.2
Turnout			23,516	94.5	-0.8
	Country hold		Swing	-0.3

New South Wales state election, 1976: Bathurst
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Clive Osborne	11,416	50.5	-9.4
	Labor	Mark Worthington	9,965	44.1	+7.6
	Independent	Peter Foster	1,215	5.4	+5.4
Total formal votes			22,596	99.1	+0.3
Informal votes			209	0.9	-0.3
Turnout			22,805	95.3	-0.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Clive Osborne	11,981	53.0	-9.8
	Labor	Mark Worthington	10,615	47.0	+9.8
	Country hold		Swing	-9.8

New South Wales state election, 1973: Bathurst
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Clive Osborne	12,659	59.9	+9.2
	Labor	Maxwell Hanrahan	7,698	36.5	-8.3
	Democratic Labor	John O'Grady	765	3.6	+3.6
Total formal votes			21,122	98.8
Informal votes			259	1.2
Turnout			21,381	95.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Clive Osborne	13,271	62.8	+10.9
	Labor	Maxwell Hanrahan	7,851	37.2	-10.9
	Country hold		Swing	+10.9

New South Wales state election, 1971: Bathurst
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Clive Osborne	9,631	50.7	-7.9
	Labor	Michael Connolly	8,503	44.8	+3.4
	Australia Party	Deryck Barnes	849	4.5	+4.5
Total formal votes			18,983	98.9
Informal votes			212	1.1
Turnout			19,195	96.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Clive Osborne	9,843	51.9	-6.7
	Labor	Michael Connolly	9,140	48.1	+6.7
	Country hold		Swing	-6.7

Elections in the 1960s

New South Wales state election, 1968: Bathurst
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Clive Osborne	11,245	56.1	+27.6
	Labor	Ken Fry	8,814	43.9	-8.2
Total formal votes			20,059	98.5
Informal votes			314	1.5
Turnout			20,373	96.9
	Country gain from Labor		Swing	+11.4

New South Wales state election, 1965: Bathurst
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Gus Kelly	8,622	52.1	-9.9
	Country	Clive Osborne	4,716	28.5	+28.5
	Liberal	French Smith	3,199	19.3	-18.7
Total formal votes			16,537	99.1	-0.2
Informal votes			157	0.9	+0.2
Turnout			16,694	95.7	-0.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Gus Kelly	8,878	53.7	-8.3
	Country	Clive Osborne	7,659	46.3	+8.3
	Labor hold		Swing	-8.3

New South Wales state election, 1962: Bathurst
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Gus Kelly	10,251	62.0	+2.6
	Liberal	Campbell Alexander	6,283	38.0	-2.6
Total formal votes			16,534	99.3
Informal votes			124	0.7
Turnout			16,658	96.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.6

Elections in the 1950s

New South Wales state election, 1959: Bathurst
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Gus Kelly	9,789	59.4
	Liberal	Campbell Alexander	6,686	40.6
Total formal votes			16,475	99.1
Informal votes			143	0.9
Turnout			16,618	95.7
	Labor hold		Swing

New South Wales state election, 1956: Bathurst
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Gus Kelly	10,340	63.2	-36.8
	Liberal	Jack Toole	6,028	36.8	+36.8
Total formal votes			16,368	99.1
Informal votes			147	0.9
Turnout			16,515	95.5
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

References

Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Bathurst". Retrieved 30 September 2011.

↑ State Electoral District of Bathurst : First Preference Votes, NSWEC.
↑ State Electoral District of Bathurst : Distribution of Preferences, NSWEC.
↑ Antony Green. "2011 New South Wales Election: Analysis of Results" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Library. Retrieved 4 December 2011.

Electoral results for the districts of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly

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